Probably getting a new cable modem on Thursday PM. Recently got a phone call that my internet speed was increased to 10 Mbps. I contacted my provider and informed them that I was only getting about 5 Mbps on a good day. They are coming out to check the line quality and swap out the modem.

Pirate
Old And In The Way
Registered: 02/21/07
Posts: 3277
Loc: Missouri

I still have dial up...about the only thing available unless I go with Hughes or Wild Blue....and the Hughes guy tells me that we have too many trees, so cut them down or live withdial up...I connect at 24,000 to 35,000 bps most daysand to make me feel better the isp tells me that you know that is connect speed and is not the real speed of down/up loads....but he can sell me some kind of compressionthing that will make things faster...yeah right

NetZero had something like that for my mom. Their regular dialup package was $9.95/mo. If you wanted the "plus" version - the compression program - it was $14.95/mo. They seem to have done away with that, though.

My Comcast originally ran at 6 Mbs download but now is boosted to 20 Mbs and costs $60 /month. Clear runs at 6 Mbs my old rate, but for $75 a month I can get home internet, a phone service to replace my Vonage ($25/month), AND here's the kicker, a wireless 4G antenna for my MacBook.

So I replace $85 a month bill (Comcast + Vonage) for one that's $10 cheaper but I also get 4G for my laptop. Let me tell you 4G is 10X faster than 3G (iPhone) rates.. I've seen it work and it's very close to being hard wired in.The only downside of this deal is going back to 6 Mbs for the Home but that's very tolerable rate.

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